Hayrack



F. GEORGESDN.

A HAYRAQK. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24, |919.

Patented Sept. 21, 1920.

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lvwentoz ttoznup MN e@ h of its objects being to provide a rack -fhavfthe wheels of the running gear.

UNITED STATES FRANK eEoaeEsoN, y er REDGERANITE, ,Wisconsin l 'HAYEACKSpecification of Letters Iatent.

Patented sept. 2i, leze.

Application vvled A'ILebiuary 24, `1919. liserialNo. 278,876. K

To ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it Vknown that I, FRANK GnoRGEsoN, acitizen of the vUnited States,residing .at Redgranite, in Jthe county of VVaushara and Qtate oflVisconsimliave invented anew and useful Hayrack, of which the following'i'sa specification.

This invention relates to hay racks, -one ing a shiftable loadsupporting section which, after being loaded, can :be 4moved with itsload te another position on the structure, thereby leaving anothervsectionof the rack clear to receive its load, 'with the lresult thatthe material is loaded levenly over the length of the rack.

Another object is to provide a rack which is simple and durable inconstruction, Tand can be controlled readily by :the user.

'With' the foregoing and other objects .iin view which will appear asthe .description proceeds, the invention consists of certain noveldetails of construction and combinations of parts which will be:hereinafter more fully described and pointed ,out in the claim, itbeing understood that various changes may be made in the constructionand arrangement of the part-s without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the invention as set forth in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings l Figure 1 is a view partly in side eleva-v tion andpartly in section, said view being taken on the line 1 1, Fig. 2. p

Fig. 2 is a plan view, certain parts being broken away.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 designates therunning gear of a body 2, there being a sprocket 3 connected to andadapted to rotate with one of A transverse shaft 4 is journaled in oneend of the body and has a sprocket 5 secured thereto which receivesmotion through a chain 6 yfrom the sprocket 3. Another sprocket 7 issecured to the shaft 4 and transmits motion through an endless chain 8to a sprocket 9 which is slidably and revolubly mounted on a transverseshaft 10 liournaled in the other end of the body 2. Another sprocket 11is slidably and revolubly mounted on the shaft 10 and is adapted to berotated by an sh-aft 110 is stationary.

endless `chain 12 mounted on a sprocket 13 secured to atransverse shaft14 close lto and .parallel with Athe shaft 4:.' Gears 15l are .securedto fthe .shaftsfl and and are con-l stantly in mesh so vthat the twoshafts l and :'14: rotate simultaneously in opposite :directionsrespectively and correspondingly frotatethe sprockets9 and 11.

.Secured to the shaft 10V between the -sprockets19and 11 is :a two-facedclutch 16 and clutch members 17 are llocated at the be rotated in onedirection and, by placing fmember .18 in engagement with the clutch --16the'shaft will lbe rotated inthe opposite direction.

Under normal? :conditions the clutch members areV Vdisengaged and the`v1Afpulley 19 is revolublewith theclutch Y -member 16 and another pulley20 is supe 'ported thereabove by ashaft21.4 A pulley `22ais mounted ,atthe opposite end of the body 1.

A rack section consisting of a series of parallel slats 23 is securedfixedly to one end portion of the body 2, said section being extendedlaterally beyond the sides of the body as shown. Another movable sectionconsisting of parallel slats 211 connected by 'transverse strips 25 ismounted on the other end portion .of the body, the two sections, whenextended one beyond'the other, completely covering the body and, when intheir initial positions resting one upon the other over one half of thebody. l section has rollers 26. Longitudinally-chan.- neled rails 27 aresecured tothe sides of the body and constitute guides for the rollersThe movable 26. A cable 28 is extended underthe pulleys 22 and 19, oneend extending over the pulley 20 and both ends being extended towardeach other and secured, as at 29, to the respective ends of the movablesection of the rack.

For the -purpose of shifting the clutch membersy 17 and 18 forked arms30 are seated in annular `grooves 31 in said members. These arms arefastened to a slide 32 to which is connected the intermediate portion Yshifted in one direction the parts vvillbe coupled together so as todrive thecable 28 and move the rack' section 24 into position on thesection 23 and, When moved in the opposite direction the operation ofthe cable Will be reversed and the section 24 Will be drawn off ofthesection 23. i,

Under normal conditions the sections 23 and 24 are superposed and theshaft 10 is disconnected from the driving mechanism. Thus when the rackis moved along and ma- Y terial is deposited thereon from a loader L thematerial Ywill be piled on the section 24. After said section hasbeenloaded the shaft l0 can be coupled to the proper sprocket thereon so asto cause the pulley 19 to rotate and actuate the cable. The section'24With the load thereon is thus drawn rearwardly as the rack movesforwardly, bringing the previously deposited material Ato the other endof the rack and leaving the section 23 exposed to receive an additionalsupply of material. Thus 'therloadfon the rack will be distributedthroughout the length of the rack.

The section 24, after being unloaded can be brought back to initialposition as hereinbefore pointed out. Y

What is claimed is The combination with a Wheel supported body and astationary rack section at the delivery end of the body, of channeledrails secured to the sides of and extending throughout the length of thebody, a movable rack section, Wheels supporting the same and movablealong the channeled rails, said Wheels supporting the movable racksection above so as to move to position over the stationary racksection, thetwo rack sections constantly lapping, a flexible elementsecured at its ends to the respective ends of Ythe movable rack sectionand extending longitudinally'yvithin thevbody, guides for said flexibleelement and adjacent the ends of the body, a transverse shaft, amember'loosely mounted on the shaft vand .engaging Vand adapted toactuate said flexible element,

clutch members at opposite sides of said 1 loose member and separatelyshiftable into engagement therewith, means operated by the foi-Wardmovement of the Wheel supported body for actuating one of the clutchmembers in one direction, and means operated by the forwardlnovement ofthe Wheel supported body for actuating the other clutch ymember in theopposite direction, and means Vin the presence of tWo Witnesses.

FRANK eEoReEsoN.

vWitnesses A JOHN F. KUHR,

l. J. JoRGENsEN.

